58 athletes

Athlete spotlights

Real athletes on the 80/20 system — how they trained, what changed, and what happened on race day.

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  Ben Wyld

  When you take your first few steps as a new runner, you never know where the journey might lead you. Running is a sport of many niches, and each runner tends

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  Juan Carlos Diaz Arelle

  One of the most common motivators of healthy lifestyle changes is a scary medical checkup. But for Juan Carlos Diaz Arelle, 54, it was a little different.

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  Troy Bedick

  If Troy Bedick’s childhood self could see her now, she wouldn’t believe her eyes. That’s because Troy, 32, who works as a beer brewer in Ft. Collins, CO, is a

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  Colin Lewis

  The 80/20 method has been around long enough that many athletes are now highly experienced in it, hence able to advise and mentor other athletes who are just

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  Dean Murley

  When a couple of Dean Murley’s work colleagues challenged him to run a half marathon back in 2008, they had no clue what they were setting into motion. At the

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  Randy Kinsey

  People have one of two reactions to witnessing their first triathlon in person. Some come away think they would never pay money to put themselves through such

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  Skylar Clark

  Thank heavens for friends and family. What would we be without them? Skylar Clark knows what he wouldn’t be if not for two inspirational relationships: his

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  Ashish Gupta

  Ashish Gupta, 52, is a financial manager in Silver Springs, MD, with two college-age children. He started running at age 39 and fell into a routine of running

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  Grace Coller

  “Triathlon has quite literally given me my life back,” says Grace Coller, 42, a blogger and mother of two living in Shelburne Falls, Mass.

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  Hanan Drobinar

  Athletes who are near the beginning of their endurance journey often ask us how much they can expect to improve. Our answer is the same every time: We have no